MIT Students Hack Buildings To Enjoy Tetris

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When traditional monitors wouldn't do, these students found bigger and better ways to clear lines.

By Chris Abbott

We've all been there: anxiously tapping a pencil on a desk while counting down the seconds as the professor reviews the day's lesson. A good considerable amount of time in class was spent fantasizing about playing your favorite game, and you can't wait to head home and realize the dream.

Photo by: Eric Nygren

As the Huffington Post reports, students at the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are no different, and decided to put their own spin on timeless classic Tetris. Not content with enjoying the Russian puzzle game on ordinary monitors, a group of MIT undergrads hacked the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science building and enjoyed Alexey Pajitnov's masterpiece on 21 stories. Check out footage and pictures of Tetris like you've never seen before.

Have games ever inspired you to take playing them to the next level? Let us know the craziest way you've played and what you think of the MIT students' project in the comments below!